Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 50
न ज्ञायते कुलं यस्य बीजशुद्धिं विना ततः । तस्य खादन्पिबन्वापि साधुः सीदति तत्क्षणात्
na jñāyate kulaṃ yasya bījaśuddhiṃ vinā tataḥ | tasya khādanpibanvāpi sādhuḥ sīdati tatkṣaṇāt
Se a linhagem de alguém não pode ser conhecida —sem antes verificar a pureza de sua origem (bīja-śuddhi)—, então até um homem virtuoso, ao comer ou beber do que lhe pertence, cai de imediato na desventura.
Unspecified (context suggests a Purāṇic narrator in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)
Listener: Nara
Scene: A didactic moment: Kālabhīti cites a rule—an image of a righteous ascetic inadvertently eating/drinking and immediately suffering misfortune, shown as a cautionary tableau.
FAQs
Purity and discernment in accepting food/water are treated as immediate moral consequences in Dharma.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it focuses on conduct (ācāra) rather than sacred geography.
A cautionary rule about eating/drinking from questionable sources; no specific vrata, snāna, or dāna is stated.